Tag: Kise, Christopher M

Trump Signals Plans to Go After Intelligence Community in Document Case

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump said in court papers filed on Tuesday night that they intended to place accusations that the intelligence community was biased against Mr. Trump at the heart of their defense against charges accusing him of illegally holding onto dozens of highly sensitive classified documents after he left office. The […]

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Judge Disrupts Trump’s Plan to Deliver Closing Arguments in Fraud Trial

The judge presiding over Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial disrupted the former president’s plan to speak on his own behalf during closing arguments this week, the latest clash between Mr. Trump’s political aims and American legal norms. Mr. Trump, who considers himself his own best spokesman, had planned to address the court during the […]

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Trump Fraud Trial Verdict Dependent on the Unconventional Judge Engoron

Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, set out to prove that Donald J. Trump had committed fraud. Mr. Trump took the stand to assail Ms. James. Lawyers on both sides screamed that their opponents were out of line and wasting time. When 11 weeks of chaotic courtroom wrangling ended Wednesday, the fate of […]

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Judge Hints at a Delay in Trump Documents Trial

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s prosecution on charges of mishandling classified documents signaled on Wednesday that she was inclined to make some “reasonable adjustments” to the timing of the case, expressing concern that it could “collide” with Mr. Trump’s other federal trial. Speaking during a hearing in Federal District Court in […]

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Trump’s Lawyers Lash Out Over Timing of His Federal Trials

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump lashed out at the special counsel, Jack Smith, on Wednesday, accusing his office of violating Mr. Trump’s due process rights by seeking to obtain a guilty verdict against him before Election Day in the two federal cases he is facing “no matter the cost.” The lacerating comments were […]

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What We Know About New York’s Fraud Case Against Donald Trump

When a New York judge ruled on Sept. 26 that Donald J. Trump had committed fraud by inflating his assets, he effectively said that the heart of the case against the former president would not be subject to debate during his trial. The civil case was brought by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, […]

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Trump’s Fraud Trial Starts With Attacks on Attorney General and Judge

The trials of Donald J. Trump began Monday in a New York courtroom, where the former president made an appearance to fight the first of several government actions against him — a civil case that imperils his company and threatens his image as a master of the business world. The case, brought by Letitia James, […]

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What We Know About the NY Trump Fraud Case Ruling

When a New York judge ruled on Tuesday that Donald J. Trump had committed fraud by inflating his assets, he was effectively saying that the facts at the heart of the case against Mr. Trump would not be subject to debate during a trial that could begin Monday. The civil case was brought by Letitia […]

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Trump’s Lawyers Struggle to Grasp the Impact of Fraud Ruling

Lawyers for Donald J. Trump appeared in a New York courtroom Wednesday morning, struggling to understand the consequences of a ruling a judge had issued the night before that dealt a serious blow to the former president’s business empire. The ruling, which found that Mr. Trump had inflated the value of his holdings to win […]

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Judge Sets Rule for Trump on Secret Evidence in Documents Case

For the past few weeks, lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump and federal prosecutors have been arguing about a touchy subject: Should Mr. Trump, accused of mishandling classified documents, be allowed to discuss the secret papers with his lawyers in the secure facility he once used as president at Mar-a-Lago — the very place […]

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